National and International News
NHS injury settlements seek to avoid legal battles - The Guardian 14/10/05
Patients will no longer have to struggle with lawyers and courts to get compensation for injuries they may have suffered in hospital, the government said yesterday. Jane Kennedy, the health minister, said a scheme offering quick settlements of up to £20,000 a time was "an important step in preventing a US-style litigation culture".
NHS offers £20,000 out-of-court deals in negligence cases - The Independent 14/10/05
Pressure on for total smoke ban - BBC News 13/10/05
Health campaign groups and MPs are increasing calls on the government to wipe out smoking completely in all enclosed public places.
Ministers demand a total smoking ban - The Mail 13/10/05
Flu jabs could prevent deadly gene mutation - The Times 14/10/05
THE flu vaccine offered by GPs and private clinics is designed to protect people only against three existing human strains of the influenza virus, and will not confer immunity against the H5N1 avian flu that has killed at least 60 people in Asia.
Forget the rhetoric - most people just want decent hospitals - The Guardian 14/10/05
Your leader (October 12) shines a spotlight on the growing unease felt by nurses about the scale, speed and scope of the government's healthcare reforms.
High-dose cannabis stimulates growth of brain cells in rats - The independent 14/10/05
Cannabis, the third most popular recreational drug after alcohol and tobacco, yesterday won an unlikely accolade from scientists who said that it could boost brain power.
Elite NHS hospitals facing debts - BBC News 13/10/05
Foundation hospitals ran up £37m of debt last year, a report to go before parliament next month will show.
Britain in sexual health 'crisis' - BBC News 13/10/05
A quarter of UK sex health clinics cannot treat patients needing urgent help within the recommended 48 hours, the BBC's Panorama programme has found.
Patients to 'book' hospital beds - BBC News 13/10/05
Patients at two hospitals in Greater Manchester will be able to "book" beds in a new scheme aimed at cutting the number of cancelled operations.
Family anger at 'health lottery' - - BBC News 12/10/05
Two south Wales brothers with the same genetic condition claim the family is victim of a "lottery" for health care.
UK liver services need urgent improvement - - The Mail 14/10/05
UK liver services need urgent improvement, BMJ Liver services in the United Kingdom need better funding and better staffing
Eat chilli to help you sleep - The Mail 13/10/05
It will come as a surprise to anybody who's been troubled by a sleepless night after eating a curry. But a study has found that spicy food can help you sleep better - and also leave you feeling more awake the next day.
Parents' health food fads 'makes children ill' - The Mail 14/10/05
Diet-obsessed parents are bringing up children with a dangerous fixation with healthy eating, experts have warned. Youngsters are being pushed into eating only the 'purest' foods, creating eating disorders in children as young as nine.
Breast cancer hope of 20-year survival - The Telegraph 11/10/05
The majority of women newly diagnosed with breast cancer can now expect to live for at least 20 years, doctors said yesterday. For the first time, they can be told that they will be more likely to die of something else.
Overcrowding worry at art gallery hospital - The Telegraph 11/10/05
A flagship National Health Service hospital that spent £70,000 on a giant pebble to brighten up its entrance has run out of space to treat patients.
Pay plan a real danger to NHS - The Telegraph 11/10/05
A National Health Service reorganisation costing £50 million has had a destabilising effect on hospital finances without so far producing many benefits, a watchdog said yesterday.
4D ecography for the diagnosis of prenatal cardiopathy - Medical News Today 14/10/05
“4D ecography may well be a significant advance in the prenatal diagnosis of congenital cardiopathy”,
Finding more effective delivery of medicine around the body - Medical News Today 14/10/05
New research showing how drugs stick to a key protein in the bloodstream could help to create drugs that are delivered more effectively to organs in the body.
Helping vulnerable people to manage their medicines - Medical News Today 14/10/05
Academics who have developed a tool to help vulnerable people to manage their medicines have received an award from the NHS.
Alcoholics Anonymous and treatment seem to work best together - Medical News Today 14/10/05
Most clinical studies examine individuals either during or immediately following treatment. A study in the October issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research tracks individuals for 16 years who have first acknowledged their alcohol-use problems and then chosen Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), treatment, or both.
Enzyme complex thought to promote cancer development can also help prevent it - Medical News Today 14/10/05
In a case of basic science detective work, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have solved the puzzle of the "inconsistent biomarker" and, in the process, may have discovered an agent that can suppress cancer development.
Liverpool psychology helps bring peace to European football - Medical News Today 14/10/05
'Low impact' policing is the key to overcoming 'hooliganism' at major international football tournaments
Maternal Mortality, AIDS Leading Causes of Death for Women Worldwide - Medical News Today 14/10/05
More than 500,000 women died from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth in 2000, but 99% of those maternal deaths were preventable
Moderate alcohol consumption can act as a 'blood thinner' - Medical News Today 14/10/05
Population studies have shown that moderate drinkers tend to have lower rates of heart disease but higher rates of bleeding-type strokes than abstainers. A potential mediator of these two contrasting effects of alcohol may be platelet function
Nanobomb blows up pieces of breast cancer tumors - Medical News Today 14/10/05
University of Delaware researchers are opening a new front in the war on cancer, bringing to bear new nanotechnologies for cancer detection and treatment and introducing a unique nanobomb that can literally blow up breast cancer tumors.
People who survive Hogkin disease during childhood at higher risk of strokes later in life - Medical News Today 14/10/05
Patients surviving childhood Hodgkin disease suffer strokes later in life at rates about four times that of the general population,
Researchers at Yale identify a genetic link to Tourette's Syndrome - Medical News Today 14/10/05
In what may be a major milestone in Tourette's Syndrome (TS) research, scientists at Yale School of Medicine and their colleagues have identified a gene called SLITRK1 that appears to contribute to some cases of TS,
Russian 'surrogate' alcohols are a killer - Medical News Today 14/10/05
Ongoing research shows that many Russians drink "surrogate" alcohols, such as "samogon" or moonshine, medicinal compounds, and other spirits such as aftershave products.
What's the outlook for kids who drink early in life - Medical News Today 14/10/05
Alcohol experimentation in late childhood or early adolescence is a common event. An early age of first drink (AFD), however, is associated with a variety of negative outcomes.
A new step towards an AIDS vaccine - Medical News Today 14/10/05
Progressive disease after HIV infection is inversely correlated with the presence of plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs), a subset of the dendritic cell family and the major producers of type 1 interferon in the body
Booster vaccination against hepatitis B not necessary for long-term protection - Medical News Today 14/10/05
Infants and adolescents vaccinated against hepatitis B are protected for over 10 years after immunisation
Drug breakthrough for psoriasis sufferers - Medical News Today 14/10/05
An international team led by a dermatologist at The University of Manchester has found that treatment with the emerging drug infliximab, marketed as Remicade, can quickly and significantly improve psoriasis symptoms.
If you were a big, fast growing infant, you have higher risk of obesity later on - Medical News Today 14/10/05
Large infants, and those who grow rapidly during the first two years of life, are at increased risk of obesity in childhood and adulthood
Innovative gel reduces post-operative pain - Medical News Today 14/10/05
A gel made from a patient's own blood reduces pain and may improve wound healing following endoscopic sinus surgery according to researchers at Rush University Medical Center.
Marijuana proliferates brain cells and boosts mood - Medical News Today 14/10/05
Most drugs of abuse decrease the generation of new neurons in the brain, but the effects of marijuana on this process, called neurogenesis, had not been clear.
National and regional leadership needed to coordinate response to avian flu pandemic - Medical News Today 14/10/05
Strong national and regional leadership in all countries is urgently needed to coordinate a response to the looming avian influenza pandemic
One dose of vaccine against Japanese encephalitis provides sustained protection - Medical News Today 14/10/05
A single-dose of a live vaccine against Japanese encephalitis can give children in Nepal high levels of protection for over a year
Trial demonstrates new drug's effectiveness against psoriasis - - Medical News Today 14/10/05
A rheumatoid arthritis drug can successfully treat moderate to severe cases of the skin disease psoriasis, according to the results of a randomised trial published in this week's issue of The Lancet.
FDA Panel To Review Proposal To Make OraSure Technologies' Rapid HIV Test Available for At-Home Use - Medical News Today 14/10/05
An advisory panel of FDA on Nov. 3 is scheduled to review a proposal to make OraSure Technologies' rapid HIV test available for use in the home, the New York Times reports. After the panel makes a recommendation, OraSure said it likely will formally apply to sell the test over-the-counter.
Cheshire and Mersey News
Doctor detained after killing housekeeper - Crosby Herald 14/10/05
A DOCTOR has been detained indefinitely after admitting killing his children's nanny at the family home in Thornton.
Accidental kerb fall led to death - The Chronicle 13/10/05
A MAN who suffered rare and complex bone fractures when falling over a kerb after a night out drinking died from blood clots arising from his injuries, an inquest heard.
Appeal for dead man's relatives - Bootle Times 13/10/05
CORONER'S officers are trying to trace the next of kin of a 60-year-old Bootle man who died last month. Norman Brown-Wood died at his home in Strand House, Washington Parade on Thursday, September 15.
Hunt for park flasher - Bootle Times 14/10/05
POLICE are hunting a flasher who exposed himself to youngsters in a Netherton Park. Officers received three reports of a man behaving indecently at the Marian Way park and play area.
New walk-in centre opens - Crosby Herald 13/10/05
LITHERLAND Town Hall will open on Monday as a walk-in treatment centre.
Horseplay led to fatal stabbing - Bootle Times 14/10/05
A TEENAGER admitted stabbing his friend to death with a large ornamental knife during drunken horseplay. Peter Hillman plunged the 10-inch blade into the chest of 17-year old Alexandros Laou while the two were at the home of another friend in Bootle.
Cumbria and Lancashire News
Ex-nurse died after taking high dose of painkillers for back pain - Skelmersdale Advertiser 13/10/05
AN inquest into the death of a retired nurse from Skelmers-dale recorded a verdict of accidental death.
Alcohol support services review - Lakeland Today 13/10/05
ALCOHOL treatment services throughout Morecambe Bay Primary Care Trust are set to be reviewed.
Greater Manchester News
Blair told: 'Make the smoking ban total' - Manchester Evening News 13/10/05
HEALTH campaigners made a last-ditch plea to the prime minister as the Cabinet met to discuss smoke-free legislation.
Mum's terror while fast asleep - Manchester Evening News 12/10/05
AS MANY as one-in-three adults may be suffering from a little known condition that means sleeping could be harming their health.
The broken promise of dental care - Manchester Evening News 13/10/05
THE Manchester Evening News today accuses the government of breaking its promise to improve the shocking state of dental care in the region.
Vaccine plea over bird flu - Manchester Evening News 13/10/05
PEOPLE vulnerable to influenza should be vaccinated according to the EU's top health official - following the announcement that the bird flu virus found in Turkish poultry was the virulent H5N1 strain.
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